Enrichment

Adventure Club

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Adventure Club has all new weekly adventures. Each adventure will thrill campers with exciting games, creative crafts and wacky activities. This summer, get your kids outside playing to improve their social, emotional and physical growth. There's no better way than at Adventure Club. Explore all the different experiences that Adventure Club has to offer this summer! All activities are held outdoors and led by trained, experienced staff in Central Park. Campers may be split into age groups for activities. Activities may change depending on weather and scheduling availability.>> Camp Central Adventure Club Confirmation Letter 2016

Camp Central Enrichment Camps

3D Printing Camp
Instructor: SiliconValley4U Staff
The course will teach you the basics of 3D modeling and printing, converting images to 3D models, and critical basic concepts in computer aided design (CAD), including extrusion, scaling, mesh, water tight, and even interlocking parts. The course will uncover the core processes behind 3D printing and reveal one of the most powerful capabilities of the 3D printing revolution-that it's accessible to anyone.
Part 1: Intro to 3D Modeling and 3D Printing
Part 2: Digitizing your Design in Photoshop CC
Part 3: Preparing and Exporting a 3D Model from Photoshop
Part 4: Design Tips for Tinkercad
Part 5: Designing your 3D Model in Tinkercad Part 6: Uploading Your Design, get ready to print.Week 3 - San Ramon Community Center>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the San Ramon Community Center
Week 5 - Dougherty Station Community Center>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the Dougherty Station Community Center

Academic Writing Camps
Instructor: Lekha Publishers
Students will learn to refine and develop their academic writing skills. Younger children will learn the art of correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar through interactive lessons. Composition will be introduced through paragraph structure. Older students will learn to write the narrative essay, which focuses on developing a student's ability to write in the first person and to follow a linear narrative structure. Students will write three to five paragraph essays. They will also learn how to plan and outline their essays properly before writing, as well as how to revise their essays.

Early Reading
Reading is the process of decoding symbols in order to help comprehend a written language. The reading process requires continuous practice, development, and refinement. At Lekha Early Readers children will learn how to read using interactive phonics methods. A $10 materials fee will be included at registration.Week 3 - San Ramon Community Center

The Fundamental Essay
Students will learn the art of writing essays. Younger students will write three paragraph essays while older students will write five paragraph essays which are the preferred method in schools. They will learn to use topic sentences, hooks, thesis statements, and transitional words in order to make their essays flow. They will also learn how to plan and outline their essays properly before writing. A $10 materials fee will be included at registration.Week 3 - San Ramon Community Center

Early Writing
Children will learn the art of correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar through interactive lessons. Composition will be introduced to older students through paragraph structure. A $10 materials fee will be included at registration.Week 8 - San Ramon Community Center

Narrative Essay
Students will learn to write the narrative essay, which focuses on developing an ability to write in the first person and to follow a linear narrative structure. Depending on their age students will write three or five paragraph essays, which is the structure favored by school teachers. They also will learn how to plan and outline their essays properly before writing, as well as how to revise their essays. A $10 materials fee will be included at registration.Week 8 - San Ramon Community Center

Appreciating Writing
Students will learn proper grammar, sentence structure, and paragraph structure as they write original stories. Art will be used to enhance the joy of storytelling. Children will take home a portfolio of completed work at the end of the session. A $10 materials fee will be included at registration.Week 9 - San Ramon Community Center

Persuasive Essay Writing
Students will learn to write the persuasive essay, which focuses on developing a student's ability to support a stated opinion. Students will write five paragraph essays, which is the structure favored by school teachers. They also will learn how to plan and outline their essays properly before writing, as well as how to revise their essays. A $10 materials fee will be included at registration.Week 9- San Ramon Community Center>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the San Ramon Community Center

AnimatED Camps
Instructor: Tiny Tech Staff
Get your 'Hour of Code' right here! Learn how to create simple animated storylines using SCRATCH - a popular, FREE software developed at MIT Labs! Exclusive curriculum by Tiny Techs Club lets your child experiment with Digital Art and Technology simultaneously! Learn to write scripts, incorporate sounds, and create animations using 'Sprites'. This camp is a great way to introduce simple programming and animation to your student.Week 7 - San Ramon Community Center>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the San Ramon Community Center
Week 9 - Dougherty Station Community Center
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Instructor: Bricks 4 Kidz Staff
Designed and created by teachers, architects, and engineering professionals, our hands-on curriculum introduces children, ages 3-13+ to concepts of engineering, architecture and mechanics using LEGO® Bricks. Educational content is designed to increase a student's general knowledge and introduce S.T.E.A.M. (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) concepts that relate to that day's model.

Super Heroes Academy building with LEGO ® Bricks
Join Bricks 4 Kidz for a week building Super Heroes with LEGO® Bricks. Explore all the caped crusaders and discover their super powers. Create a fantasy world and protect it against all the evil arch enemies with custom contraptions made with LEGO® Bricks. At the end of the week, all SUPER HERO CAMPERS will go home with a custom mini-figure!Week 5 - Dougherty StationCommunity Center

Minion Mania Camp building with LEGO® Bricks
Who doesn't love those little yellow guys? Come and build with us as we adventure through their madcap world - all made out of LEGO®! Kids will use fascinating and challenging LEGO® components to create dynamic minion-inspired inventions, machines and more. This half-day workshop is loads of fun for boys and girls alike!Week 5 - Dougherty StationCommunity Center

Mining & Crafting (Minecraft®) Camp building with LEGO® BricksMinecraft® is a game about placing blocks to build anything you can imagine. At night monsters come out; make sure to build a shelter before that happens. Experience the world of Minecraft® with LEGO® Bricks in this fun summer camp! Kids will start by crafting their shelters and some of the mobs, critters and tools using LEGO® Bricks. Students will face new challenges each day building models and crafting key elements from the popular Minecraft game.Week 8 - Dougherty StationCommunity Center

Teenage Brick Turtles Camp building with LEGO® Bricks
Grab your katanas and nun chucks as we prepare to fight crime with the Teenage Brick Turtles! Practice engineering as you build two of the courageous turtles and their wise Japanese rat sensei, Master Splinter. Strengthen your ninjutsu skills to defeat the villainous Shredder and his evil Foot Clan. After a treacherous day of crime-fighting, don't forget to give the turtles a break to enjoy a pizza down in their sewer dwelling under the city. Let's build and play...Brick Turtle style using LEGO® Bricks!Week 6 - Dougherty StationCommunity Center

Pirates Quest Camp building with LEGO® Bricks
Shiver me timbers as we explore the popular culture behind the life of a pirate. Build a motorized pirate ship, a helm and an anchor as we batten down the hatches and prepare for mutiny. Protect the hands on deck by building a launching catapult. Beware me mateys, if you must abandon ship, build a rowboat to escape but watch out for crocodiles!Week 6 - Dougherty StationCommunity Center

Jurassic Brick Land building with LEGO® Bricks
Ready for the adventure of a lifetime? Put on your hiking boots and camouflage... you're about to enter Jurassic Brick Land! Campers will build a world that comes to life with gentle Brontosaurus, ferocious Velociraptor, terrifying T Rex, and more. Learn about amazing dinosaurs that lived during the Jurassic period, and other extinct, prehistoric animals that roamed the earth and swam the seas during that era and millions of years later. Show us your building skills using our specialized project kits! Come learn, build and play at Jurassic Brick Land camp!Week 7 - Dougherty Station Community Center>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the Dougherty Station Community Center

Budding Biologists/Science Beginnings
Instructor: Vidya Pillai
This camp showcases a wide spectrum of animals and is designed for children who are fascinated with animal biology. We'll study the life cycle and habitat, as well as functions and parts of meal worms, super worms, earthworms, insects(crickets), beetles(lady bugs), hermit crabs, mollusks(land and sea snails, slugs); explore marine biology with blue crabs, mussels, fish and squid dissection, and many more. Take home meal worms, crickets, and lady bugs. A $10 materials fee will be included at registration.Week 7 - San Ramon Community Center>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the San Ramon Community Center
Week 6 - Dougherty Station Community Center
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Challenge Island Camps
Instructor: Aaska Patel
Challenge Island Space Wars Camp
Get ready for some out of this world excitement at Challenge Island's all new Space Wars Camp! You and a tribe of friends will take on a galaxy full of movie inspired challenges including building your own spaceship, designing tribal droids and launching your own rockets. The force is sure to be with you at this not to be missed interstellar STEM adventure camp!Week 6 - Dougherty Station Community CenterWeek 7 - San Ramon Community Center

Challenge Island Girls and Dolls Camp
Calling all doll-loving girls! Challenge Island invites you and your favorite American 18-inch companion to our all new Girls and Dolls Camp! You and a tribe full of friends will be challenged to create an entire world for your dolls; from decking out houses to crafting cool furniture to engineering doll-sized swingsets, water parks and hair salons. You'll even whip up some original fashions for your pint-sized friends. Space is limited for this hot new camp so sign up today!Week 6 - Dougherty Station>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the San Ramon Community Center
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Coding for Kids
Instructor: Silicon Valley 4 U Staff
Are you looking four your child to be a 'code-ey'? We at SV4Ukids introduce technology concepts and strive to build love for the programming language. We believe technology education expands creativity and emphasizes logical reasoning. We have created a young code-ey pathway to graduate to next level, we start from scratch for seven years and up and graduate them to python or raspberry pi depending on their level. At this time we are offering scratch, raspberry pi, python for young kids. We create a strong foundation and help the kids practice making coding easy for them. We hope to create young data scientists by the end of completion of each course.Weeks 1, 5 - San Ramon Community Center>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the San Ramon Community Center
Weeks 5, 9 - Dougherty Station Community Center>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the Dougherty Station Community Center

Cook! Junior Chefs Cook!
Instructor: TESS REYES
Come one and all and enjoy the love and joy of cooking. Learn measurements, how to read recipes, organization and cleanliness and most of all some sumptuous recipes. Get your aprons ready and join us. See you soon in the kitchen! Students should bring an apron.

Cooking Hands Across the World
Let's talk about cooking! It's easy! It's inexpensive! It's healthier! You'll learn recipes inspired by different countries like wonton lasagna, sweet banana egg rolls, Mexican casserole and more. You'll also learn about meal planning and food preparation. Cooking is an important skill one can learn. It can also be a way of life. Let's get our engines going and explore the world of cooking. Ready, set get your aprons on!!!!Week 6, 8 - San Ramon Community Center

Stuck on Cooking!
Share the fun! Share the food with your family and friends! Let them taste your homemade treats from Apple bites to Chicken Parmesan bake for there are plenty of reasons to stick with Stuck on cooking. For fun cooking and flavors galore, what are you waiting for? Let's get cooking!Weeks 6, 8 - San Ramon Community Center

Culinary Taste Around the World
Take your culinary experience on a world tour with recipes covering Italy, China, Spain, Japan and our very good old USA. Say hello to exciting mouth watering dishes that simply describes magical! Wait no longer and let's explore the world's yummies!Weeks 5, 7 - San Ramon Community Center>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the San Ramon Community Center

Creative Writing Camps
Instructor: Lekha Ink staffCreate-A-Book I
The art of bookmaking will be the focus of this week. They will also be introduced to simple binding techniques. Participants will learn how to make shape books, pop ups, books, accordion books, and flag books. A $10 materials fee will be included at registration.Week 3 - San Ramon Community Center

Create-A-Book II & III
The art of bookmaking will be the focus of this week. Students will create shape books, pop ups books, accordion books, and Flag books. They will write original stories and poems in the books that they create. Students will also be introduced to simple binding techniques. A $10 materials fee will be included at registration.Week 3 - San Ramon Community Center

The Art of Story Telling I
The gift of storytelling may be one of life's most powerful and envied skills. A young storyteller learns to let go of inhibitions and gains confidence to talk in front of an audience while having fun. Participants will learn the art of narration using different storytelling techniques like puppet theater, shadow puppets, play acting, and mime. They will take home the story telling tools that they create during the week. A $10 materials fee will be included at registration.Week 8 - San Ramon Community Center

Creative Writing
Published writers will introduce campers to different creative writing techniques. They will learn time-tested methods to overcome writer's block. As they do so, they will write short stories, poems and short skits. A $10 materials fee will be included at registration.Week 8 - San Ramon Community Center

The Art of Story Telling II
The gift of storytelling may be one of life's most powerful and envied skills. A young storyteller learns to let go of inhibitions and gains confidence to talk in front of an audience while having fun. Participants will learn the art of narration using different storytelling techniques like puppet theater, shadow puppets, play acting, and mime. Older children will learn how to write stories. They will take home the story telling tools that they create during the week. A $10 materials fee will be included at registration.Week 9 - San Ramon Community Center

Story Writing
The five elements of story writing will be the focus during this session. Published writers will introduce students to a variety of fiction and nonfiction genres. They will progress into genre writing and learn how each genre has its own set of particular rules that drives character creation, setting, and plot. They will choose one of their short stories and improve upon that. A $10 materials fee will be included at registration.Week 9 - San Ramon Community Center>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the San Ramon Community Center

Electronic Game Design: Tower Defense
During the Electronic Game Design Tower Defense classes, students will create their own video game. A tower defense game is one in which the programmer creates towers to defend a base which fires at passing enemies. At the end of the class, students take home a copy of the game they created. (Not compatible with Mac or Linux)Week 1 - San Ramon Community Center>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the San Ramon Community Center

Electronic Game Design: Racing Games
During the Electronic Game Design Racing classes, students will create their own video game. Students design a racetrack, race cars and an environment in which their cars compete. At the end of the class, students take home a copy of the game they create. (not compatible with Mac or Linux)Week 8 - Dougherty StationCommunity Center>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the Dougherty Station Community Center

Engineering for Kids Camps
Instructor: Engineering for Kids
Scratch Space Pioneers
Programming with Scratch! Embark on a fun journey into space with Scratch! Send an astronaut to the moon and defend your moon base from space rocks. Learn how to use Scratch to create and program sprites, backdrops and basic scripts. Create a new program each day, leave with evidence of your wild space adventure, and be inspired to explore the universe of programming as a Space Pioneer engineering like never before. From roads and tunnels to bridges and skyscrapers, students discover that no job is too tough for an Engineering for Kids engineer!Week 1 - San Ramon Community Center

Minecraft Edu-Virtual Minecraft
Students work with one laptop per person Traveling into the Future! Join us in an apocalyptic future, one where the earth has been ravaged by a series of natural disasters. Each day, students rely on the engineering design process to solve a series of challenges such as building a city on a series of islands, escaping from a bunker on Mt. Everest, and even building a rocket to land on the moon! Through application of engineering principles, students solve numerous challenges as they make their virtual world of Minecraft a safe place for humanity once again. Students work with one laptop per person.Week 4 - San Ramon Community Center

Pirate Academy- Marine Engineering
gArg Matey! Come join Kelvin’s crew as we sail the ocean blue searching for buried treasure. Join us as students build their very own pirate ship, go fishing for treasure, and work together in Kelvin’s crew to create a delicious treat that’s more precious than gold. Hop aboard the Green Ghost and set sail with us as we explore the ocean blue in this Pirate Academy!Week 4 - San Ramon Community Center

Amazing Race- Engineering of Travel
Pack your bags engineers and get ready for an adventure! Team up with others for a wild ride across the globe in our Amazing Race. During this camp, students carefully engineer designs that traverse the most treacherous terrain, brave the stormiest seas, and soar above the clouds. Can your team make it all the way around the world in just a few days? Grab your passports and catch a flight straight to Engineering For Kids for a truly unbelievable journey! A $50 materials fee will be included at registration.Week 8 - San Ramon Community Center>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the San Ramon Community Center

Fun with Science Camps
Instructor: Fun with Academics staffFun with Science and Engineering
This fun class exposes students to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math), the scientific method, planning, prioritization, time management, and organization. Students will gain a better understanding for how the way things around them work, and will learn how to break down and analyze problems. Have fun building hands-on projects and performing science experiments! Students will engage in projects such as building a Solar-Powered Car or an Electronic Gameboard. They will run lab experiments such as The Density Lab or The Eruption Lab. Students take home completed projects to show off to parents and siblings!Week 8 - Dougherty StationCommunity Center>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the Dougherty Station Community Center

Kids CAN Cook!
Instructor: Josephine Evonc
Students will learn how to create some deliciously wonderful finger foods and as-easy-as-pie dishes that they will enjoy not only making, but EATING! They will also learn to understand how to measure, using gallons, cups, half cups, teaspoons, tablespoons, and other tools used in the kitchen. An introduction to learning how to read a recipe book will also be presented. Students will need to provide an apron in order to catch spills that may happen during food preparation. Put on your apron, roll up your sleeves, pick up your spoon and fork, and get ready for a GREAT summer of excitement in the kitchen because Kids CAN Cook!Week 4 - San Ramon Community Center>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the San Ramon Community Center

Kranium Boosters Camps
Instructor: Brainwave Staff
Challenge, compete, and stretch the brain in mentally stimulating activities. Benefit from a challenging new theme and technique in every class. Push your memory, knowledge, logic, reasoning, and problem solving abilities to the limit. Let the neuron play begin! All materials included at no additional charge.

Mighty Mind Camp
Mighty Minds team up to add more treasures to their Brain Basket! Challenge, compete, and stretch the brain in mentally stimulating activities. Through well designed games, quizzes, puzzles, and other techniques, campers will push their knowledge, memory, and problem solving abilities to the limit. Let the Mind Battle begin! No supply fee. All materials included.Week 8 - San Ramon Community Center

Kranium Kickoff Camp
Description: Kick it up a notch as you work the Brain Maze. Stay on target for treasures to come your way. Challenge, compete, and stretch the brain in mentally stimulating activities. Team up with your partners and push your number logic, problem solving abilities, and knowledge to the limit. Work through carefully designed games, quizzes, puzzles, and much more and let the Kranium kick off this summer! All materials included.Week 9 - San Ramon Community Center
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LEGO® Engineering Camps
Instructor: Play-Well TEKnologies Staff
Students take on real-life engineering challenges that explore concepts in physics, architecture, mechanical and structural engineering with over 100,000 pieces of LEGO® material. Designed by engineers, the curriculum challenges both new and returning students to reach the next level of engineering comprehension, all while having fun.

Pre-Engineering using LEGO®
Let your imagination run wild with tens of thousands of LEGOs®! Build engineer-designed projects such as boats, bridges, mazes and motorized cars, and use special pieces to create your own unique design! Explore the endless creative possibilities of the LEGO® building system with the guidance of an experienced Play-Well instructor. This is an ideal way to prepare young builders for the challenge of Engineering FUNdamentals.Week 2 - San Ramon Community Center

Engineering FUNdamentals using LEGO®
Power up your engineering skills with Play-Well TEKnologies and tens of thousands of LEGOs®! Apply real-world concepts in physics, engineering, and architecture through engineer-designed projects such as arch bridges, skyscrapers, motorized cars, and the Battletrack! Design and build as never before, and explore your craziest ideas in a supportive environment. An experienced instructor will challenge new and returning students to engineer at the next level.Week 2 - San Ramon Community Center

Jedi Engineering using LEGO®
Young Jedi will explore worlds far, far away and engineering principles right in front of them. Defeat the Empire by designing and refining LEGO® X-Wings, R2-units, and settlements on far-flung edges of the galaxy. Imagination and engineering combine to create motorized and architectural projects such as energy catapults, shield generators and defense turrets.Week 4 - San Ramon Community Center

Jedi Master Engineering using LEGO®
The Force is strong in this class. Build complex machines and structures based on the best designs from a galaxy far, far away. Projects include LEGO X-Wings, AT-AT walkers, Pod Racers, Star Destroyers, Cloud Cities, settlements, and fortresses. Play-Well’s Jedi instructors reinforce key engineering concepts such as gear trains, worm drives, pneumatics, eccentric motion and more as students tap into the powerful forces of imagination and engineering.Week 4 - San Ramon Community Center

Ninjaneering using LEGO®
Enter the world of Ninjago and become an apprentice Ninjaneer! Learn the way of Spinjitzu, build the Fire Temple, race Skull Trucks, and encounter the mighty Dragon! Imagine and build unique and fun LEGO projects with the guidance of an experienced Play-Well instructor while exploring the fantasy world of Ninjago. This is an ideal way to prepare young Ninjaneers for the challenge of Ninjaneering Masters with LEGO®.Week 7 - San Ramon Community Center

Engineering Challenge using LEGO®
Are you ready for the Engineering Challenge? Learn to build mechanical devices such as a scissor lift, air compressor, or drawbridge in this advanced course for our strongest LEGO® builders. Then work in teams to accomplish a large-scale mission such as a minifigure rescue or a Rube Goldberg machine!Week 7 - San Ramon Community Center

Construction Vehicles and Machines using LEGO®
Dig into engineering with big trucks, construction vehicles and super machines. Explore the engineering terms, concepts, and vocabulary behind large scale building machines. Build and learn about steamrollers, bulldozers, wrecking balls, tower cranes, and more while building with your favorite building system using LEGO®.Week 5 - San Ramon Community Center

Engineering FUNdamentals:MineCraft, Build using LEGO®
Bring Minecraft to life using LEGO®! Build a motorized walking Creeper, a terrifying Ghast, and a motorized Minecart! This project-based camp, designed by Play-Well instructors, combines the basic format of our core engineering-themed programs based on the world of Minecraft. Students will explore real-world concepts in physics, engineering, and architecture while building their favorite Minecraft objects. Students will have a blast, even without any prior experience with Minecraft or LEGO®.Week 5 - San Ramon Community Center

Chima Engineering using LEGO®
Choose a tribe and grab the CHI in Chima Engineering! Race your Speedorz to earn the Golden Orb, build the CHI Temple with a moving a waterfall, and swoop your way to victory with Eris’s Eagle Interceptor. Explore the fantasy world of Chima with the guidance of an experienced Play-Well instructor. This is an ideal way to prepare young engineers for the challenging experience of Chima Master Engineering using LEGO®.Week 9 - San Ramon Community Center

Junkyard Challenge using LEGO®
Are you ready for the Junkyard Challenge? Iterate, build within constraints, and compete in this advanced course for our strongest builders. Design innovative answers for challenges such as Follow the Hose, Thread the Needle, and the Tunnel Challenge using Play-Well’s “junkyard,” a massive collection of over 20,000 pieces of LEGO®.Week 9 - San Ramon Community Center

Girl Powered Pre-Engineering using LEGO®
A Play-Well offering for girls who love to build! Taught by women engineers and scientists, this course will provide a supportive environment for girls to build engineer-designed projects such as boats, bridges, mazes, and motorized cars. Explore the endless creative possibilities of the LEGO® building system with the guidance of an experienced Play-Well instructor.Week 6 - San Ramon Community Center

Girl Powered Engineering FUNdamentals using LEGO®
A Play-Well offering for girls who love to build! Taught by women engineers and scientists, this course will provide a supportive environment for girls to apply real-world concepts in physics, engineering, and architecture through engineer-designed projects such as arch bridges, motorized cars, skyscrapers and amusement parks! Design and build as never before, and explore your craziest ideas in an interactive environment. Curriculum created for LEGO® lovers and newbies alike!Week 6 - San Ramon Community Center>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the San Ramon Community Center

Little Medical School
Instructor: LMS Staff
Little Medical School brings medicine, science, and the importance of health to children in an entertaining, exciting, and fun way. Our camp encourages children to explore the exciting and inspiring world of medicine. Using interactive demonstrations and games, kids learn how the body and organs work, how to use instruments that real doctors use, administer first-aid, and even tie knots like a real surgeon. Each child gets their own stethoscope that really works.Week 2 - San Ramon Community Center>> Additional Information>> Register Now at the San Ramon Community Center
Week 7 - Dougherty Station Community Center
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Mad Science
Instructor: Mad Science of Mt. Diablo
Create a spark of imagination and curiosity through fun, hands-on science programs! Students will learn how to explore, question, and test their theories. Through unique experiments and dazzling demonstrations, we hope to inspire young people to explore the world around them. All camps include a daily take home project.

Secret Agent Camp
The Mad Science Secret Agent Camp is a fun journey into the world of detection, spy science, and forensics. Campers will examine the science behind the spy tools made famous by the world's greatest spies! We will reconstruct activities using scientific methods and use the science of cryptology to send and decode secret messages. Kids will get a chance to see what can't be seen by the naked eye and will follow in Sherlock's steps to learn what tracks can tell us! Join the Mad Science Bureau of Investigations to help foil a burglary using state-of-the art security techniques!Week 1 - San Ramon Community Center

Eureka! The Inventors' Academy
Inventing means curiosity, practicality, necessity, cooperating and dreaming! Join us as we take students on a historical journey with a hands-on approach learning about some of the world’s greatest inventors from Leonardo da Vinci to Orville to Thomas Edison to the Wright Brothers. We challenge our class to use their imaginations and creativity to survive on a deserted island by designing devices to capture food and water, by building bridges, shelters and even a boat to make it off the island. We will put our heads together to imagine the future in space focusing on creating inventions to protect space ships from damaging space rays and designing a safety capsules for payloads returning from space. These are only a few examples. Come discover and create!Weeks 1, 9 - San Ramon Community CenterWeek 7 - Dougherty Station Community Center

History of Time
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy called the Milky Way a planet called Earth was born near a star called the Sun. Have you ever wished you could travel through time and space? Well, in 'History of Time' that is exactly what we will do! The story of the universe is an epic science saga of amazement. On our very first day of camp we will strap on our imagination caps and build a Super Science Time Machine to explore the known universe. Time travelers will journey into the past to traverse our Milky Way, and examine the chemicals that make up the Universe as well as the human body. From Brain Goo to Mad Mucus, we’ll explore biology by traveling through the different parts of our bodies here in the present day. We will even travel into the future to learn about genetics while making our own baby dragons! Each camp day includes a project that campers will take home to remind them of their travels through time.Weeks 3, 8 - San Ramon Community Center

NASA: Journey into Outer Space
Mad Science and NASA’s after school program is now a summer camp! From our atmosphere to the outer reaches of our solar system, this hands-on program sends campers on a quest for exploration! Comets, planets, stars and more are all waiting to be discovered. Learn about the four forces of flight and the challenges of space travel. Camp includes a take home every day. Join us for Earth and Beyond, Astronaut-in-Training, Solar Launch, Eye on the Sky, and Space Voyage!Weeks 5, 9 - San Ramon Community CenterWeek 7 - Dougherty StationCommunity Center

How Things Work
How do plants grow, live, and 'eat'? How do we travel into outer space? What powers humans and our homes? All of our greatest scientific advancements started with a question. In 'How Things Work' young scientists set out to find answers! Students will learn how animals track scents and follow a trail of amazing aromas. We’ll delve into natural dyes found in plants and even make our own paper! Each day campers will create and take home a project to remind them of what they learned during each awesome day of camp.Week 5 - San Ramon Community Center

Public Speaking & Presentation Camps
Instructor: Gurus Education Staff
These camps focus on delivery and presentation skills of the students. Students learn how to manage public speaking anxiety, present themselves with confidence, and connect to their audience with effective and clear speech. It will improve their confidence in public speaking and communication skills.

Pre Public Speaking - Building Public Speaking Confidence
This program teaches young students the essentials of building confidence in public speaking. The participants learn how to stand tall and speak confidently in front of a large group. It gives them a head start for the advanced courses in Public Speaking and Debates. The students play many public speaking games, do story presentations, making it a fun, learning environment.Week 2 - San Ramon Community CenterWeek 5 - Dougherty StationCommunity Center

Public Speaking - Speaking with Confidence
The important skill of public speaking improves the confidence and communication among students. Is your child shy or Does she always want to be on stage? This course is suitable for both personalities. In this camp, students learn how to manage public speaking anxiety, present themselves with confidence, and connect with their audience through effective and clear speech.Week 2 - San Ramon Community CenterWeek 6 - Dougherty StationCommunity Center

Public Speaking (Advanced) - Speech Writing and speaking
Children at this age usually find it challenging to organize their many ideas. This class focuses in helping participants give a clear structure to their thoughts, creating an effective speech. Students study different styles of speech writing - Descriptive, Expository, and Narrative. They practice speaking with confidence. This course is suitable for both students who have taken the previous course and those who are taking public speaking for the first time.Week 7 - San Ramon Community Center

Robotics 101 Camps
Instructor: Tiny Tech Staff
Learn the basics of Robotics! Using the popular LEGO WeDO® and Mindstorm NXT® kits and software along with our exclusive, structured curriculum, you will learn a different mechanism daily: gears, levers, pulleys and simple programming to build a basic foundation in mechanics, engineering, logic and sequencing! Challenges scale the curriculum to suit all skill levels. Fosters team spirit, cooperative working and imagination! Encourage creativity through science and technology in your child today to invest in a better tomorrow!

RobotED: GameBots
Ready, Set, Build!. Race LEGO® Karts to learn pulleys, use rack+pinion to play duck hunt and launch your angry bird with a lever! A great blend of creativity, problem solving, programming and engineering! Take home skill cards show the concepts covered. Give your children the opportunity to learn fundamentals of simple machines. Teams of two. All equipment provided. Game On!Week 1 - San Ramon Community Center

Robotics with NXT Mindstorms - BOT Wars!
Come onto the Robotics Battlefield! This year students will be divided into teams and tasked with completing a robot to battle against other teams on the final day! Learn how to build and program with multiple motors and sensors. Computers and kits are provided. No experience needed. This camp is great for beginners as well as experienced robotocists!Week 8 - San Ramon Community Center

RobotED: Battlebots
Go onto the Battlefield with Robotics 101! Build a NINJA STAR to learn GEAR RATIOS. Construct a BATTERING RAM and a CATAPULT! Fly the BOMBER PLANE to see a TILT SENSOR and FENCE with a MINIFIG to watch how a CRANK works! All this and more in our fantastic camp - a great blend of creativity, technology and science! Students work in pairs - each team is provided with a kit and computer. Skill cards show the robots built and concepts covered. Give your children the opportunity to learn how things work!Week 8 - Dougherty Station Community Center